¶ [336cc] Because the papers of diwan and daftar had been dispersed and scattered about due to misconduct and malfeasance on the part of bureaucrats—people with pious exteriors but larcenous hearts—and because ¶ governmental affairs had consequently suffered grievously at the hands of venal finance officials and huge losses …

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“Events of 1293/ January 1876–January 1877”, in:
History of Afghanistan, Translated and edited by R.D. McChesney, M.M. Khorrami.
Consulted online on 20 March 2018 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004256064_hao_COM_000213>